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Re: Really?

Originally Posted by hebroncougar

Last year the Giants record against NL playoff teams was 11-15. How'd that work out? You have to get there, then play well. That's all that matters. I don't care if the Reds go 95-0 against crappy teams and 0-67 against good teams, in the regular season if that gets them to the post season. All I want is them to get there, and they be at least 1 game better than their current playoff round opponent. Anything else is mish mash.

Agreed. Timing is everything.

I hope the Reds do enough to get to the postseason, and then hit their hot streak when they arrive there, to win it all.

How about that sports fans!

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Re: Really?

Originally Posted by hebroncougar

Last year the Giants record against NL playoff teams was 11-15. How'd that work out? You have to get there, then play well. That's all that matters. I don't care if the Reds go 95-0 against crappy teams and 0-67 against good teams, in the regular season if that gets them to the post season. All I want is them to get there, and they be at least 1 game better than their current playoff round opponent. Anything else is mish mash.

11-15 is pretty close to .500. If 2 of those losses were wins they would have been right at .500, so that's not far off. The Reds are currently 6-13 against teams over .500. I think they will end the season with a good record against solid competition, but so far they have struggled.

Re: Really?

Re: Really?

Originally Posted by westofyou

The 1975 Reds were 37-29 against teams with a .500 record or better

Is there a site which gives the team record v teams above/below 500? On Baseball Reference it breaks done the record by team but I don't see a .500 split. I seem to remember the 2010 Reds clobbering the sub .500 teams while being .500 against the good teams while the Cards did better vs the good teams but not as well vs the sub 500 folks.

Re: Really?

Originally Posted by klw

Is there a site which gives the team record v teams above/below 500? On Baseball Reference it breaks done the record by team but I don't see a .500 split. I seem to remember the 2010 Reds clobbering the sub .500 teams while being .500 against the good teams while the Cards did better vs the good teams but not as well vs the sub 500 folks.

If the barometer for "good teams" is that they have a winning record against "good teams", there aren't going to be very many "good teams" since they are going to have losing records against "good teams"...

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Re: Really?

Originally Posted by westofyou

I'd consider it pedestrian for a "great" team

2001 M's vs >.500 teams - 48-23

1961 Reds vs. >.500 teams - 53-35

1970 Reds + 14
1972 Reds + 13
1973 Reds + 14

I'm guessing the '01 Mariners were huge exceptions to the norm. That regular season (116 wins) was ridiculous, and then they bombed out in the playoffs. I guess that was a pretty good indication that this stat doesn't guarantee post-season success.

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